Environmental Services Division

  

For immediate release                                                                                 June 17, 2009

 

WASTEWATER DISCHARGE AT DES MOINES HOTEL REACHES STREAM

 

MEDIA CONTACT: Kevin Baskins, 515-281-8395.

 

DES MOINES —A wastewater pumping station at a Des Moines hotel failed Wednesday morning, sending untreated wastewater to a Beaver Creek tributary.

 

The pumping station at the EconoLodge at 4755 Merle Hay Road discharged an estimated 240 gallons, which ran into a storm sewer that leads to the stream. The discharge began around 8:45 a.m. and ended around 11:00 a.m.

 

Wastewater staff from the city of Des Moines reported the discharge, on behalf of the hotel, to the DNR Wednesday at noon.

 

The parking lots at the EconoLodge and a nearby car dealership have been cleaned up, and the Des Moines Water Works has been notified of the discharge.

 

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